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Another fantastic day with Jim and Ruth! Today the children started making models using plasticine and Jim showed the children different techniques to create their models ready for animation. We then went outside with Ruth and started to create a den which we are going to use for our kingdom. We used big branches from trees and string to construct the den, great fun!

Jac-y-do and Cnoc-y-Coed had a great day with Ruth Rowe on Friday as part of the Creative Schools Scheme. They started to think about the kingdom they are going to be build and used some sticks they had collected to start making small scale dens. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and showed great team work! We are all looking forward to see what the next day will bring!

On Thursday 19th November, Year 4 had the follow up visit from Michael Harvey (storyteller) and Lois Hopwood (artist) after our visit to Bleddfa Arts Centre.

First of all, he helped us to think about what makes a good story…we came up with: detail, action, dialogue, exaggeration and unexpected events. Then we recapped the story we wrote together, Michael split it into parts and each group wrote that part again but in more detail.

Last week, Year 3 and 4 went to Bleddfa Arts Centre as part of the Presteigne Festival Project. We worked with a storyteller and an artist. It was great, we went for walks by a stream whilst we were told stories, accompanied by some music. They will be visiting us in school to follow-up on the work we completed with the aim of creating something…who knows what?! We will have to wait and see!